---- "Mark Allen (Marshfield)"
<MarkA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I had nearly the same experience. Although my car has not had a pampered
> life - a near total rearend collision, and nearly 20 years in a wrecking
> yard, I have heard that this is common problem. My father bought a 57
> Belvedere club sedan new. in the 7 years he owned it, he replaced both
> torsion bars twice, and both rear leaf springs twice. Dad isn't and never
> was hard on his cars. I have heard from others that is why the torsion bars
> were beefed up for 58 and the leaves were lengthened 4" for 58.
> Kinda makes it hard to find good experienced parts when needed. I bought
> two parts cars to find 1 pair of decent torsion bars.
Another factor in '57, according to senior Chrysler
designer Jeff Godshall, was the deletion of some of the
rubber suspension parts at the behest of some accountant.
This was corrected before the end of the '57 model run,
but not until after a number of embarrassing suspension
failures. This was one of the factors in the '57 line's
reputation for poor quality control.
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